Electric heater.



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1,172,757, Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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ELECTRIC HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1915.

Patehtd Febi'22, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED O. BAILEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GOLD GAR HEATING- AND LIGHTING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

of easing adapted particularly for use in connection with railway or surface cars having cross seats.

The surface roads are maklng qulte general use of cars having cross seats, and cars of this characterrare best provided with electric heaters specially constructed for such purpose. Such heaters. should be simple and strong in construction, should have no parts liable to break or get out of order, should be quickly accessiblefor the f purpose of removing a resistance coilfrom the casing for repair or insertion of afresh coil without placing the car out of commission, and furthermore, such casing should protect the body of the seat from the heated air supplied by the said electric heater, which otherwise would cause the said seat to become highly heated to the great discomfort of passengers. Accordingly my invention provides means for accomplishing these and other objects, set forth in the following description.

Desirable forms in which my invention may be embodied are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a sectional view through a cross-seat and. its frame illustrating my invention as applied. to one' type of car seat; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the invention as applied to a different type of car seat; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the heater shown in Fig. 1, partly in section through the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4+4: of Fig. 2, partly broken; and Fig. 5 is an end view of a modified form of my invention.

According to my invention the heater casing is formed in two parts, to wit: a base portion A. and a cover portion B. The

base portion is preferably perforated, as

at c, for the outlet of heated air therefrom, and it is provided with lateral flanges C Specification of Letters Patent.

ments in'Electric He aters,pf which the fol Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed September 25, 1915. Serial No. 52,648.

which extend outwardly from the upper part thereof, and provide means whereby the said base is supported upon the frame D of a car seat, which is of the type known as a cross seat. The said flanges may be supported upon the said frame in any suitable manner, asby the nuts and bolts E.

- The cover B is imperforate and serves to deflect the air, which is heated within the body (1 of the base A, away from the car seat so that the same shall not become unduly heated. The said cover acts as a deflector. for the body portion, and the flanges G act in the same capacity, as deflectors, for those'portions of the seat not immediately over the body (2, and. serve to deflect the heated air which is emitted through the perforations-a away from the car seat F.

My invention also aims to provide a cover having a bowed portion G, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and this bowed portion is designed to accommodate the balancing rod H to the queen rockers. The bow may pass above the balancing rod, as shown in Fig. 1, or below the same, as shown'in Fig. 2. Different curvatures of bow may be imparted for diflerent cases and according to the position which it is desired the how should have, whether to have its convex side uppermost or whether to be inverted therefrom.

In Fig. 1 the familiar Hale and. Kilburn seat is shown, which has one balancing rod, and in Fig. 2 the Heywood seat, which is provided with two balancing rods. The side members D of the seat frame in seats of the latter type are situated slightly farther apart than in seats of the former type, and for such seats the flanges C are made wider. The portion of the cover which lies immediately over the body d serves to deflect the heated air away from the seat, and the flanges C serve a like purpose for the balance of the seat.

In Fig. 5 the cover B is illustrated as supported directly upon the base A as by flanges 7), through which pass bolts J that also pass through the base A and serve to hold the cover B in place in such a manner as to permit its removal when desired. This is a convenient and desirable means of securing the cover. Other means which I may employ, particularly when the cover is body flanges C, and which may be held in place by the bolts E;

.It will be seen that when the car seat F is removed and it is desired to repair the The heaters L which are illustrated in cross section in Fig. 2, may be of the usual type and may be supported upon plates M if desired, although any construction of heater or supports therefor may be employed.

The heater casinghas end plates N, between which and the cover a space exists at g each end of the cover, through which heated air may be emitted, but which, however, will be discharged at a point where it will not heat the cushion F.

I have illustrated the most desirable man'- ner of constructing my invention now known to me, but my invention is not necessarily limited to all the details of construc tion described, as the. same may be modified and equivalent devices employed within the limits of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. In combination with a car seat frame having a central opening, a car seat adapted to be moved to uncover said opening, an electric heater casingcomprising a perforate body, laterally extending flanges on said body adapted for attachment to said frame for supporting the casing below said car seat, and an imperforate cover for said body removable therefrom when the body is sup- .ported on said frame, 'said cover and said flanges acting as deflectors to deflect heat from said car seat and said construction permitting access to a heater in said casing upon movement of the car seat and removal of the casing cover.

2. In combination with a car seat frame havinga removable car seat, an electric heater casing comprising an imperforate cover and a perforated body, outwardly extending flanges on said body for supporting the body on said frame, said cover removable from said body when the body is on the frame and permitting access to the body,

when the seat is removed.

3. In combination with a car seat frame, having a removable car seat, an electric heater casing comprising a body and a bowed cover, outwardly extending flanges on-said cover and said body respectively adapted to support said respective partsvon said frame, said cover removable from said body when the latter is in place on the frame and permitting access thereto when the seat is removed and said cover acting as a deflector to deflect heat from said car seat.

4. In combination with a car seat frame formed with inwardly extending flanges, and. having a removable .car seat, an electric heater'casing comprising a body and a cover, flanges extending outwardly from said body and adapted to rest on said seat flange and means for connecting said parts, said cover and body flange servingto deflect heat from ported on the seat frame'and permitting access to said-body when the seat is moved.

6. In combination with a car seat frame having a removable car seat, an electric heater casing having a body for receiving a heater unit, and laterally projecting flanges, said flanges adapted to support the casing on said frame, an imperforate cover, and means for detachably supporting sameinposition over said body, said cover when l in position acting as a deflector to deflect heat from said car seat and removable upon removal of the car seat without removal of the casing to permit access to the. casing.

7. In co mbination with a carseat frame having a removable car seat, an electric heater casing having a body for receiving a heat-er unit and laterally projecting flanges,

said flanges adapted to support the casing on said frame, an impprforatecover, and flanges on said cover for detachably supporting the cover on said body, said cover when in position acting as a deflector to deflect heat from said car seat and removable upon removal ofthe car seat without removal of the casing to pernnt access to the casing.

. In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED O. BAILEY. v

Witnesses:

Henry M. TURK, FRED WHITE. 

